Talk:Presence (DC Comics)
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The God Arguement
I've been working on a stalled article about the Presence for my own fan site so I thought I'd have a go at cleaning up this article. I've tried to give more structure and context to the various elements and have specifically separated the Vertigo Comics references into a different section. As it was/is the article is about more than just the Presence (which is a specific version of God introduced by Grant Morrison and then reused by other writers) so there could be an arguement for moving it to "God (DC Comics)" or "The Supreme Being (DC Comics)." --Jason Kirk 16:58, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
- Seeing as the being is known as the Presence and not God, moving the article makes no sense. --68.81.70.65 (talk) 13:55, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Eclipso
Eclipso needs to be updated for the retcon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.142.120.1 (talk) 01:57, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Preacher is not part of the DC universe/canon
The part about the Preacher series doesn't belong here, as Preacher is a stand alone & creator-owned title by Garth Ennis that isn't part of the DC universe or canon. Preacher's God isn't the same as the Presence/Yahweh of the DC/Vertigo multiverse. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.235.42.229 (talk) 07:49, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
No, I, too, do not believe the "God" in Preacher is indeed the true Presence, but to remove it now may cause much controversy. And, regardless of our own opinions, I think it at least should be briefly mentioned somewhere on Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acanta (talk • contribs) 22:19, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
The "Hand of the Creator"
There is a misunderstanding about the "Hand" (we talk about this) This article says that the Anti-Monitor attempted to replace it during the Crisis storyline. That's not the case: it says that the hand had always been that of the Anti-Monitor. It may had originally been a subtle reference to God, but the storylineline turned it into a Predestination paradox instead. MBelgrano (talk) 19:56, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
I added the visual callback to it of Doctor Manhattan appearing as the hand, as it's not QUITE the hand of the Creator, but seems a reference to it. TerryAce (talk)
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Powers and abilities
As per discussion here, this article has been given 2 weeks of protection from editing by anon IPs. This is because of the repeated addition of material unsupported (and sometimes contradicted) by the P&A section. The IP keeps varying (so it is difficult to engage with the user), but it does appear to be the same user.
So can we please resolve this issue here. Emperor (talk) 15:19, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
Well, as I mentioned earlier, inserting these categories does not make logical sense.
"Omnipotence", is blatantly contradicted, as the character stated that he was shaped by external forces in "Lucifer vol.1 #75", and was recently killed by an unknown metal invading his body in "Lucifer vol.2 #1". This was later revealed to be the work of one of his fallen archangels in "Lucifer vol.2 #5".
"Omniversal" is nonsense, as "Omniverse" means all of fiction and reality combined, not just DC.
And "Boundary Manipulation", which is not even a term that Wikipedia uses. David A (talk) 08:13, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
David, Omnipotence doesn't mean you're not shaped by external forces, or that you can't be killed. It just means you can do anything. If the Presence was shown trying to defend itself and failing, that would indicate a lack of omnipotence.
Of course, it's never conclusively established that the Presence is omnipotent, either. I think people are adding details from the DC wiki. --Mugasofer (talk) 14:03, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Omnipotence means that somebody is not dependent on anything, including external forces. It means that a character is completely absolute, supreme, boundless, and immutable. For DC, that trait is much better embodied by the Overmonitor/Primal Monitor, which has no apparent limitations whatsoever. In addition, the Presence was recently apparently killed by the angel Gabriel, so that is another limitation. David A (talk) 20:57, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Being shaped by an external force is not the same as being dependent on it. Anything that interacts with external forces is, by definition, shaped by them to a degree.
Death has nothing to do with omnipotence, although the manner of death might, if it involved something the Presence couldn't affect or block. --Mugasofer (talk) 22:24, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Being shaped by external forces means being empowered by them. An omnipotent character is very mych far beyond that sort of thing. In addition, in response to a fan question, the writer of the Lucifer comicbook clarified that the Presence meant that he was created by the dreams and imagination of humanity, not the other way around. David A (talk) 08:19, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
Presence is revealed to be alive in the main DCU by Phantom Stranger in Swamp Thing #6. He explicitly mentions "The One He serves" sending him to Alec Holland and "works in Mysterious Ways." This confirms He's alive, since we know for a fact Phantom Stranger works for Presence. TerryAce (talk)
And this whole argument got rendered moot. Holly Black (writer for Lucifer vol 2) has confirmed that Vertigo has an entirly seperate canon from DC. We've all wasted our time. https://twitter.com/hollyblack/status/728300734501027840 ((User:TerryAce|TerryAce)) (talk)